Girl, Interrupted: A Study of Borderline Personality Disorder It’s 1967, and 18 year old Susanna Kaysen is like a lot of American teenagers her age–confused, insecure, and lost within a rapidly changing world. After a half-hearted suicide attempt, she goes to a psychiatrist who quickly diagnoses her with Borderline Personality Disorder, and whisks her away to McLean Hospital. The next year and nine months would change her life forever. When Susana arrives at McLean, she …showed first 75 words of 1495 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1495 total…She was declared recovered. Her time in McLean and the newfound friendships “cured” her. While drugs, therapists, and daily checks made a contribution to her recovery, I believe that her biggest awakening was the people she lived with. Living with and watching the other women come in and out of the hospital, go through their own respective problems, and create their own paths to recovery. Ultimately, people make the difference in other people’s lives.